Challenge

Decathlon Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mariano Lacasa got the match started through his kick off. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrik Larsson in the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Casaus in the 11th minute of play forced Decathlon Dudes's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes into the game, Mariano Lacasa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tadej Pogačar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tadej Pogačar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Mariano Lacasa sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Decathlon Dudes's Tadej Pogačar didn't even have to move. In the 22nd match minute, Decathlon Dudes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cezary Bara to maneuver through the defense. Guillermo Fontirroig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Decathlon Dudes's Tadej Pogačar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 30th minute of play. Tadej Pogačar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tadej Pogačar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Decathlon Dudes's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mariano Lacasa was slow to take the kick. During this time Chile's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Chile's corner Alan Tamayo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tadej Pogačar quite easily take care of the ball. When Guillermo Fontirroig came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Chile fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Guillermo Fontirroig couldn't finish the play. Tadej Pogačar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 42nd minute of play. Gerardo Pozo hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After the first half Chile were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Henrik Larsson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Costin Moisil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thiago Pliego saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Henrik Larsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Karsten Schoonderwoerd came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrik Larsson in the 60th minute of play. Tadej Pogačar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Casaus in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Gerardo Pozo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrik Larsson in the 67th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Chile getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Guillermo Fontirroig hit a great ball. Mauro Mendebal hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Decathlon Dudes's Tadej Pogačar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Decathlon Dudes from getting a goal against them. Tadej Pogačar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. With a little luck, Decathlon Dudes's Tadej Pogačar got control of the ball when Orlando Casaus tried to sneak it across the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tadej Pogačar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrik Larsson in the 82nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariano Lacasa got free with Tadej Pogačar in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cezary Bara hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Tadej Pogačar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 90th minute. When Marinus Doren came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Decathlon Dudes fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marinus Doren couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Decathlon Dudes getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Timo Venema hit a great ball.